Shape optimization problems for variational functionals under geometric constraints Ilaria Fragalà 2 nd Italian-Japanese Workshop Cortona, June 20-24, 2011
The variational functionals The first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian { Ω λ 1 (Ω) := inf u 2 dx Ω u2 dx : u H 1 0 (Ω), The torsional rigidity 1 { τ(ω) := inf Ω u 2 dx ( ) 2 : u H0 1 (Ω), Ω u dx Ω Ω } u 2 dx > 0 } u dx > 0 The Newtonian capacity (for n 3) { } Cap(Ω) := inf u 2 dx : u C0 (Rn ), u χ Ω R n \Ω Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 2 / 28
For any of these functionals F it holds: F is a Dirichlet energy, F(Ω) = u Ω 2 dx { u = λ1 (Ω)u in Ω u = 0 { u = 1 in Ω u = 0 u = 0 in R n \ Ω u = 1 u(x) 0 as x + Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 3 / 28
F is monotone by inclusions F is homogeneous under dilations (of degree α = 2, n + 2, n 2) F is continuous with respect to Hausdorff convergence F is shape differentiable: if Ω t = (I + tv )(Ω), d dt F(Ω t) t=0 = ± (V ν) u Ω 2 dh n 1 Ω Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 4 / 28
The geometric constraints The volume Ω The perimeter Ω (for sets with finite perimeter, χ Ω BV ) The mean width (for convex sets, Ω = int(k )) w K (ξ) := h K (ξ) + h K ( ξ), h K (ξ) := sup x K (x ξ) for ξ S n 1 the distance between the two support planes of K normal to ξ M(K ) := 2 H n 1 (S n 1 ) S n 1 h K (ξ) dh n 1 (ξ). Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 5 / 28
The problems under study Find extremal domains for F(Ω) = λ 1 (Ω), τ(ω), Cap(Ω) under one of the constraints Ω, Ω, M(Ω) = const. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 6 / 28
The meaningful problems are: min λ 1(Ω) Ω =c max τ(ω) Ω =c min Cap(Ω) Ω =c min λ 1(Ω) Ω =c max τ(ω) Ω =c min Cap(Ω) Ω =c min λ 1(Ω) M(Ω)=c max τ(ω) M(Ω)=c max Cap(Ω) M(Ω)=c We are interested as well in finding stationary domains for these problems. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 7 / 28
Outline of the talk 1. Volume constrained problems 2. Perimeter constrained problems 3. Mean width constrained problems 4. Some results about a conjecture by Pólya-Szegö Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 8 / 28
1. Volume constrained problems Assume Ω = B. Then: λ 1 (Ω) λ 1 (B) [Faber-Krahn] τ(ω) τ(b) [Pólya] Cap(Ω) Cap(B) [Szegö] Proof. By Schwarz symmetrization. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 9 / 28
Under the assumpti C 2, if there exists a solution C 2 up to the boundary to any of the following overdetermined b.v.p., necessarily Ω = B: u = 1 u = 0 u = c ν in Ω u = λ 1 (Ω)u u = 0 u = c ν in Ω [Serrin 71] [Reichel 97] u = 0 in R n \ Ω u = 1 u 0 as x + u = c ν Proof. By moving planes or by many different methods! Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 10 / 28
2. Perimeter constrained problems Assume Ω = B. Then the extremality of balls under volume constraint, combined with the isoperimetric inequality yields: λ 1 (Ω) λ 1 (B) τ(ω) τ(b) Ω 1/n Ω 1/(n 1) B 1/n B 1/(n 1), Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 11 / 28
Under the assumpti C 2, if there exists a solution C 2 up to the boundary to any of the following overdetermined b.v.p., necessarily Ω = B: u = 1 u = 0 u 2 = c H Ω ν [Serrin 71] in Ω u = λ 1 (Ω)u u = 0 u 2 = c H Ω ν in Ω Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 12 / 28
Conjecture: [Pólya-Szegö 51] Among convex bodies K R 3, with given surface measure S(K ), the planar disk D minimizes the Newtonian capacity. The convexity constraint is irremissible! S(K ) it is meant as H 2 ( K ) if int(k ) and 2H 2 (K ) otherwise. The solution cannot be the ball!! Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 13 / 28
Conjecture: [Crasta-F.-Gazzola 05] Among open smooth and strictly convex sets, balls are the unique stationary domains for the PS problem. u = 0 in R n \ Ω u = 1 u 0 as x + u 2 = c H Ω ν Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 14 / 28
3. Mean width constrained problems Remark: The mean width is a Minkowski linear functional. Recall that K + L is defined by the equality h K +L = h K + h L. Concavity inequalities in the Minkowski structure: F(Ω) = λ 1 (Ω), τ(ω), Cap(Ω) satisfy a Brunn-Minkowski type inequality: F 1/α (K + L) F 1/α (K ) + F 1/α (L) K, L K n, with strict inequality for non-homothetic sets. [Brascamp-Lieb 73, Borell 83, 85, Caffarelli-Jerison-Lieb 96, Colesanti 96] Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 15 / 28
Theorem (shapeopt under mean width constraint). [Bucur-F.-Lamboley 11] Assume that F : K n R + satisfies a BM-type inequality, is invariant under rigid motions, and continuous in the Hausdorff distance. Consider the quotient E(K ) := F 1/α (K ) M(K ). Then: (i) the maximum of E over K n is attained only on balls; (ii) if n = 2, the minimum of E over K 2 can be attained only on triangles or on segments. In particular, if M(Ω) = M(B): λ 1 (Ω) λ 1 (B) τ(ω) τ(b) Cap(Ω) Cap(B) Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 16 / 28
Proof (i) Hadwiger s Theorem: For every K K n (with dim K > 0 ) there exists a sequence K h of rotation means of K which converges in Hausdorff distance to a ball. Then: F 1/α (K ) M(K ) F 1/α (K h ) M(K h ) F 1/α (B) M(B) (ii) In dimension n = 2, the unique Minkowski indecomposable bodies are triangles and segments. (No longer true in higher dimensions!) Then: if K is not a triangle or a segment, K = K 1 + K 2 = F 1/α (K ) M(K ) > F 1/α (K 1 ) + F 1/α (K 2 ) M(K 1 ) + M(K 2 ) { F 1/α (K 1 ) min M(K 1 ), F 1/α (K 2 ) }. M(K 2 ) Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 17 / 28
Theorem (Gaussian curvature overdetermined b.v.p.) [F. 11] Under the assumption Ω = int K for some K K n 0, with Ω of class C2, if there exists a solution C 2 up to the boundary to any of the following overdetermined b.v.p., necessarily Ω = B: u = 1 u = 0 u 2 = c G Ω ν in Ω u = λ 1 (Ω)u u = 0 u 2 = c G Ω ν u = 0 in R n \ Ω u = 1 u 0 as x + u 2 = c G Ω ν in Ω Proof. By concavity, a stationary domain for the quotient functional E = F 1/α M is necessarily a maximizer. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 18 / 28
Concavity inequalities in the Blaschke structure: We say that F : K0 n R+ satisfies a Kneser-Süss type inequality if F (n 1)/α (K L) F (n 1)/α (K ) + F (n 1)/α (L) K, L K0 n, with equality if and only if K and L are homothetic. K L is defined by the equality σ(k L) = σ(k ) + σ(l), where σ(k ) := (ν K ) (H n 1 K ) ν K = Gauss map Kneser-Süss Theorem states that the above concavity inequality holds true for the volume functional. S(K ) is a Blaschke linear functional Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 19 / 28
Theorem (shapeopt under surface contraint). [Bucur-F.-Lamboley 11] Assume that F : K0 n R+ satisfies a KS-type inequality, is invariant under rigid motions and continuous in the Hausdorff distance. Consider the quotient E(K ) := F (n 1)/α (K ). Then: S(K ) (i) the maximum of E over K0 n is attained only on balls; (ii) the minimum of E over K0 n can be attained only on simplexes. Counterexamples: F(Ω) = Cap(Ω), λ 1 (Ω), τ(ω) do not satisfy a KS-type inequality! Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 20 / 28
Concavity inequalities in different algebraic structures: each of our model functional is concave with respect to a new sum of convex bodies, which linearizes the first variation of F. This leads to new isoperimetric-like inequalities. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 21 / 28
4. Some results about PS conjecture inf E(K ) := Cap2 (K ) K K 3 S(K ) Theorem 1 (optimality of the disk among planar domains). [Pólya-Szegö, 51] Let D be a planar disk. For every planar convex domain with H 2 (K ) = H 2 (D), it holds Cap(K ) Cap(D). Proof. By a cylindrical symmetrization. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 22 / 28
Theorem 2 (lower bound). [Pólya-Szegö, 51] The infimum of E over K 3 is strictly positive. Proof. By using symmetrizations and monotonicity with respect to inclusions. Theorem 3 (existence of a minimizer). [Crasta-F.-Gazzola, 05] The infimum of E over K 3 is attained. Proof. By using Blaschke selection theorem, John Lemma, and the behaviour of thinning ellipsoids. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 23 / 28
Theorem 4 (optimality among ellipsoids). [F.-Gazzola-Pierre 11] The planar disk is optimal for E within the class of triaxial ellipsoids. Proof. Plot of the map (b, c) E 1 (E 1,b,c ) for (b, c) in the triangle T = {(b, c) R 2 : 1 b c 0} and for (b, c) near (1, 0). c 0.5 0.0 c 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 b Remarks: (i) There is no stationary ellipsoid different from a ball. (ii) There exists b s.t. c E(E(1, b, c)) is not monotone. 0.0 Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 24 / 28 1.0 0.8 b 0.6 0.4
Theorem 5 ( local optimality). [F.-Gazzola-Pierre 11] For a large class of suitably defined one parameter families of convex domains D t obtained by fattening the planar disk, it holds E(D) < E(D t ) for 0 < t 1. Proof. By a careful comparison of Cap (0) and S (0). Left: Cap (0) > 0, S (0) = 0. Right: Cap (0) = +, S (0) < +. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 25 / 28
Theorem 6 (no smooth portions with positive Gauss curvature). [Bucur-F.-Lamboley 11] Assume that F : K n 0 R+ is given by F(K ) = f ( K, λ 1 (K ), τ(k ), Cap(K )) ( with f C 2 ). Let K be a minimizer over K0 n for the functional E(K ) := F(K ) S(K ). If K contains a subset ω of class C 3, then G K = 0 on ω. Proof. l S 2 (K ) (ϕ, ϕ) c 1 ϕ 2 H 1 (ω) +c 2 ϕ 2 l L 2 (ω), F 2 (K ) (ϕ, ϕ) c 3 ϕ 2. H 1 2 (ω) Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 26 / 28
Lemma (local concavity entails local extremality). Let K K n 0 be a minimizer for J : Kn 0 R+. Let ω K of class C 3, and assume that t J(K t ) is twice differentiable at t = 0 for any smooth V compactly supported on ω. If the bilinear form l J 2 (K ) satisfies: ϕ C c (ω), l J 2 (K ) (ϕ, ϕ) c 1 ϕ 2 H 1 (ω) + c 2 ϕ 2 H 1 2 (ω) for some constants c 1 > 0, c 2 R, then G K = 0 on ω Proof. By contradiction, against the second order optimality condition. Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 27 / 28
The end. Thank you! Ilaria Fragalà (Politecnico di Milano) Cortona, June 23, 2011 28 / 28